Wednesday marked the beginning of Xi Jinping’s second term as China’s top leader, and saw the line-ups for the 25-member Politburo and the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee unveiled. Due to Party customs that dictate retirement for any Standing Committee member older than 68 as a Party Congress convenes, none of the seven appear likely to succeed Xi as the CCP’s most powerful leader at the 20th Party Congress in 2022. As some analysts have long